高二英语必修5 unit2 puzzles in geography

Lesson plan
NSEFC Module5 Unit2 Reading Puzzles in Geography
Teacher: 外语组
Period：Period 1
Type: Reading
Duration: 45 minutes

I.Teaching ideology:
The current theory view reading as an interactive process which involves not only the reader’s knowledge of the material, but the whole knowledge of the language in general. In reading process, the factors affect and compensate each other. In real classroom teaching, the reading teaching models can be divided into two types: top-down and bottom-up model. And also the reading stages is accordingly parted into three stages: pre-reading, while-reading and post-reading.
II.Teaching material and learning condition
The analysis of teaching material
The teaching material is from NSEFC Module 5 Unit 2 reading passage. The topic of this unit is the brief introduction of the United Kingdom, especially that of London. This passage mainly introduces the history of the foundation of the United Kingdom , the similarities and differences between the four countries and specific introduction of England and London. The passage consists of 6 paragraphs. The first two paragraphs mainly focus on the four parts of the United Kingdom. The third paragraph mainly talks about England while the last two paragraph is about London. The topic is a complicated one because it covers the subjects of history and geography. There are also some new words and phrases in the passage. So it is a bit difficult reading task for the students.
The analysis of the learning condition
The students are from grade 2 in senior high school. As high students, they have achieved certain English level and the have the ability to get the basic idea of the reading. Since the passage is about a modern country with colourful culture and history, the students are easily activated. With the knowledge learned in history and geography class, they may know something about the formation and history of the United Kingdom. However, their vocabulary is limited so they may have difficulties in understanding some sentences.
III. Learning Objectives:
Knowledge and skills:
1. By the end of the class, students can tell the history of the united of the United Kingdom and tell the differences between the four parts of the Kingdom.
2. Students can scan the passage to get the specific information such as the time order of the four invaders.
3. Students can tell the main idea of the passage with the help of the clues given by the map.
Process and methods:
1. Students can use skimming and scanning to get the main and specific idea of a passage.
2. Students can exchange their ideas by group discussion.
Affection, attitudes and values:
1. Students can develop a global value and appreciate the history of another country.
2. Students can look into the history in a … view.
IV. Language focuses and anticipated difficulties
Language focus
This is a reading period so the focus is to cultivate the students’ reading skills. The many activities are designed to help S to train their reading skills, such as predicting, skimming, scanning and summarizing.
It is also important for the Ss to master the new words and phrases.
Anticipated difficulties
As the Ss have a limited vocabulary, so they may have some difficulties in understanding the passage. So the teacher will help them learn the new words and phrases.
V. Teaching method
Three-stage model: Based on the understanding of reading as an interactive process, teaching reading in the classroom is divided into three stages in which the top-down and bottom-up techniques integrated to develop the students language efficiency in general and reading strategies. The three stages are pre-reading, while-reading and post-reading.
VI. Teaching aids
Multimedia devices and PPT documents: In order to help students to fully understand the whole passage. I apply the multimedia devices and PPT documents to bring the real-life situation to the class.
VII. Teaching procedures:
Step 1: Lead-in( 10 minutes)
Activity 1: Enjoy an English song
Activity 2: Brief introduction of the singing group. List some singers and singing groups in UK.
T: The singing group is called the Black from UK. The song won great popularity around the world and so did the singing group. There are many other singing groups or singers in UK. Can you list some?
Students list some singers or stars in Britain.
Activity 3: what comes to your mind when talking about the UK?
T: UK is a country famous not only for the entertainment industry, but also many other things. What comes to your mind when talking about UK?
Students share their opinions with their partners and with the whole class. Then the teacher shares her view of UK with the students.
Activity 4: Do the quiz and find out how much you know about the UK.
Students do the quiz on page 9 and get to know their knowledge level.
[Aims]
The topic of this unit is the United Kingdom. So first the teacher should know how much the students know about this kingdom. With a popular English song as a way of leading in the topic, the students can relax themselves and get familiar with the learning atmosphere. Then the students have two brain-storming activities: One is to list some British stars they know and the other is list the things that come to your mind when talking about this kingdom. The first task begins from the leading song and also the base of the second task. The second task can help the teacher know the knowledge of the students about UK. The quiz helps the students know their level of the knowledge for UK.
Step 2: Pre-reading (3 minutes)
Activity 5: Do you know?
The teacher comes up with some questions about the detailed information of UK and ask students whether they know anything about it.
T: Do you know the capital cities of countries of the UK? Do you know the three main areas that England can be divided into?
Activity 6: Predicting
The teacher asks students to read the title of the reading passage “Puzzles in Geography”. Students will predict the content of the passage through the title.
T: The title of the passage is “Puzzles in Geography”. Is there anything that puzzles you in the Britain geography? What will the author talk about in the topic of “puzzles in geography”?
Students give their own opinions but the teacher will not provide the answers.
[Aims]
This part mainly deals with the geography knowledge of UK. Students get curious about it by the “do you know” questions and prediction. With the curiosity, they become eager to read the passage to get the answers. It aims to develop the skills of predicting.
Step 3: While-reading (25 minutes)
Activity 7: skimming
Skim the whole passage and tick the information mentioned in the passage.
The geographic formation of UK
The history of the foundation of UK
The politics of UK
The detailed introduction of the four parts of UK
The introduction of London
The influences of the invaders
The reasons why England was invaded
The future of UK
Activity 8: Divide the whole passage into three parts.
The formation of the UK

The introduction of England

The introduction of London

Activity 9: Careful reading
Para. 1-3:
1.Listen and fill in the blanks.
Listen to paragraph 2 and 3 and fill in the blanks below.
The formation of the United Kingdom
Countries Time Change
England \ \
___________ 13th century Wales is ____ in England.
They were joined to ______ ________ century 1. the name was changed into _____.
2. The king of ______ became the king of ________ and the ________ as well.
__________ 20th century This was shown to the world in a new flag called the ________.

2.: Questions & Answers
T: After reading the paragraph and watching the flags of the three countries and UK, can you answer the following three questions?
1. The Union Jack flag unites the flags of three countries in the United Kingdom. Which country is left out? Why?
2. What three countries does British Airways represent?
3. Do the four countries work together in all areas? What is their differences? Can you list some?
Para. 4
Scanning and T or F questions
Scan through paragraph 4 and make some judgments about the following statements.
1. The one nearest to Scotland is called the South of England.
2. All of the industrial cities lie in the Midlands and the North of England.
3. These cities are not as large as those in China.
4. The industrial cities built in the nineteenth century attract visitors very much.
5. You will find more about historical architecture if you go to some older but smaller towns built by Romans.
Para.5
Read paragraph 5 aloud and underline the times in the paragraph.
Students read the paragraph 5 carefully and aloud and underline the times. Then fill the blanks on the blackboard about the history of London.
_____________ _______________ _____________
_____________________________________________________________________
Romans Anglo ____________ Normans

[Aims]
By doing some many activities, the Ss will develop their reading strategies and language efficiency. T help the Ss study the passage paragraph by paragraph.. Ss will learn some key words and phrases in the passage.

Step 4: Post-reading (5 minutes)
Activity 10: Recalling
With the help of the map of UK, what is still in your mind of the content of the reading passage?
The map of UK

Activity 11: Discussion:
1. Can you work out why London is the capital of England, Great Britain and the UK?
2. what geographic factors make it difficult to invade England successfully?
Step 5: Homework (2 minutes)
Students review the new words and phrases of the reading passage.
Students look for more information about UK, not only in geography, but also in culture and custom, especially for London.
VIII. Blackboard Design